Oh and here's the chart from Neregate this season:
which can be viewed here
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Gokukoku no Brynhildr
"When he was a child, Murakami was infatuated with a girl he called Kuroneko. She insisted on knowing about aliens and having met them, but no one believed her, even young Murakami was skeptical. One day, she decides to show him the aliens, but an accident occurs and Kuroneko dies while Murakami is left seriously wounded in the hospital.
Years go by and Murakami obsesses on finding proof of the existence of aliens because of a promise he had made with Kuroneko. Then, one day, a new transfer student comes to his class, who not only looks a lot like Kuroneko, but is named Kurohaneko! And even though she insists on never having met Murakami before, the girl has superhuman strength and seems to even be able to predict the future!
How will Murakami's life change now that he has been saved by this mysterious girl that claims to be a magician?"
A pretty normal plot setting where the male protagonist loses his female childhood friend and a girl who is able to use magic, appears in front of him, looking just like the childhood friend whom he had lost. I guess it's pretty obvious to me that the girl is the same girl he had lost, just that she had underwent certain "modifications" to enable her to use those special powers. Guess that was easily pointed out in the PV itself. Looks kinda like a dark series from the PV, and it the girl wasn't who I was thinking she was, then this would probably interest me even more than it already had. Certainly this has some nostalgia on Elfen Lied so I'd definitely see how this goes.
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Mekaku City Actors
Now this is a very interesting series that caught my eye. Apparently from the wikipedia page:
The Kagerou Project (カゲロウプロジェクト Kagerō Purojekuto, lit. "Heat Haze Project"), also known as Kagerou Daze,[1] is a Vocaloid song series created by Jin (also known as Shizen no Teki-P). The story revolves around the Mekakushi Dan, a group of teenagers with unusual eye-related powers.
The series became popular on the video sharing website Niconico after the release of the song "Kagerou Daze" (カゲロウデイズ, lit. "Heat Haze Daze"), which also gave the series its name. The song has amassed over 3 million views and is the most popular song of the project. Four light novels have been released, written by Jin and illustrated by Shidu. A fifth novel has been announced. A manga adaptation with illustrations by Satō Mahirō, began serialization in Monthly Comic Gene on June 15, 2012. An anime adaptation titled Mekaku City Actors will be directed by Akiyuki Shinbo and produced by Shaft will begin airing in April 2014.
"Shintaro Kisaragi, a HikiNEET who shut himself inside his room for 2 years, had been living his life normally until he met a cyber girl named Ene, who appeared in his computer screen when someone anonymously sent him a mysterious e-mail one year ago. One day, Ene messes with Shintaro's PC which causes him to go outside for the first time in two years."
Now this series is somewhat similar to Hamatora of the current season now, where it's generally people with supernatural abilities teaming up and stopping crime. This does have a sense of Durarara!! as well, but considering how I've dropped Hamatora, this genre does have its flaws. Nonetheless it is by SHAFT animation and I'd be much much more interested in seeing SHAFT doing animations for these "supernatural" series rather than a romance one like Nisekoi right now. SHAFT is "different" after all :D
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Black Bullet
"A near future, where humans have been defeated by the viral parasites named Gastrea. They have been exiled into a small territory and live in despair, side by side with terror.In this world trapped in darkness—
Rentaro, a boy living near Tokyo and member of the "Civil Security" – an organization specializing in fighting against the Gastrea – is used to accomplishing dangerous tasks. His partner is Enju, a precocious young girl. They fight thanks to their peculiar powers until one day, when they receive a special assignment from the government. This top secret mission is to prevent the destruction of Tokyo...
Set in a near future, this thrilling heroic-action story... starts now!"
There are really quite a number of supernatrual series in the Spring season which I'm definitely not complaining since I am a fan of this genre, and from the PV, this series looks really good. An apocalyptic setting coupled with characters with special abilities? Damn, that's general, but of course, a good setting nonetheless, for me.
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Mahou Shoujo Taisen
The characters are the mahou shoujo that represents each local town in Japan. The characters that won from the second illustration competitions that were held on pixiv will appear in the anime. "
Hm. Not too sure about this, but it's pretty interesting in some way. Not even sure if this is going to be a full 20 minute series and exactly how many episodes it's gonna have. And I'm not sure too about what this is going to be about. Well, it is this kind of uncertainties that bring about curiosity :)
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Date a Live II
Pretty much self-explanatory... season 2, yup.
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Captain Earth
"One night right before summer vacation, Daichi Manatsu, a second-year in high school, sees a weird round rainbow floating in the sky above Seed Island (Shuushi/Tane Island) and ventures there alone. He has seen this rainbow before. With the memories of his father's mysterious death and an encounter of a mysterious boy and girl, Daiji arrives on the island while the alarm of a building labeled "Earth Engine" is going off. Someone asks him "Are you a captain?" just as robotic intruders from Uranus called "Kiltgang" arrive. The battle around the shining stars is about to begin."
An orginal mecha series! And its under BONES which of course did the previous rather "classic" mecha series of Eureka 7. I will catch their debut episode but whether or not I'll continue to follow this will remain on how much the plot engages, which of course failed in the case of Buddy Complex. (well, I'll get to the "this season" talk soon)
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No Game No Life
Pretty neat plot, a semi-SAO-styled series where it revolves around the virtual world which in this case, could be reality as well. Did bear certain similarities with Summer Wars since they are both from the same studio. Does seem to have more of a humour side to the plot too so why not give this a try? :O Among the others, this really did stood out from its unique plot. Plot-wise, this did remind me of Kaminomi, but at least Keima was a student and not like a NEET like this pair of siblings but as gaming legends, I've got a feeling this is gonna be pretty interesting.
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